Dutch Cemetery is a heritage Christian cemetery at Kalikapur in the Berhampore CD block in the Berhampore subdivisionofMurshidabad district, West Bengal, India.
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Dutch Cemetery
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| Established | early 18th-19th century |
| Location |
Kalikapur, Murshidabad, West Bengal
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| Country | India |
| Coordinates | 24°07′25″N 88°16′00″E / 24.123611°N 88.266667°E / 24.123611; 88.266667 |
| Owned by | Archaeological Survey of India |
In its hey days Murshidabad was an active trading post that not only attracted the British but also the Dutch and the Armenians, all of whom settled here in different times.[1] The Dutch Cemetery has “47 tombs and obelisks etc. and the oldest being that of Daniel Van der Muyl who died in 1721 AD.” [2] The Babulbona Residency Cemetery, as also the British and Dutch cemeteries in neighbouring Cossimbazar are not really in ship shape, although they are state protected monuments.[1]
According to the Archaeological Survey of India, as mentioned in the List of Monuments of National Importance in West Bengal the Dutch Cemetery is an ASI Listed Monument.[3]
